Mortlake captain Tyler Schafer says the Cats want to go all the way in the Sungold Cup.
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The Cats' 124 proved too much for Dennington (8/98) in the quarter-final at Dennington Recreation Reserve on Sunday.
"Our goal is to get to Allansford and win the whole thing so we're well on the way to doing that," Schafer said.
The twenty20 campaign also has personal meaning to the skipper.
"One of my big goals this year, in my first year as captain, is I want to go there (Allansford) and win the thing," he said.
"If we could tick that off I'd be real happy."
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He said the title came with great rewards.
"It's 15 grand to the club and you get your name out there," he said.
Schafer (38), Neil Kelly (31) and coach Clinton Baker (28) set up the total.
But Schafer said his side's "really tight bowling" through the middle overs proved the difference.
The skipper said his group would focus on building on a bigger total in its semi-final on Australia Day.
Meanwhile Panmure survived a low-scoring thriller at Davidson Oval - a game that saw 19 wickets fall for 109 runs.
The Bulldogs looked to have their quarter-final in the bag after knocking over Tyrendarra for 54.
But opener Sam Melican was dismissed with the first ball of the innings and the game was turned on its head.
The Bulldogs found themselves 7-24 before Tom Mahony and Nathan Shand battled to keep their wickets.
Shand (14 not out) was there until the end as the Bulldogs (9/55) scraped past Tyrendarra's score.
Skipper Paddy Mahony said it was "nerve-racking" but he always believed his side could win despite it raining wickets.
"Shandy has probably done that 10 or 15 times in his career, got us over the line late," he said.
"I did have faith in him, we just needed a couple of blokes to stick with him and we managed to do that."
Shand said he encouraged his younger teammates to "back themselves" when they came out into the middle during the tight encounter.
Mahony said the focus for the semi-final would be on building top-order batting partnerships.
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